I lay there, all the day long, quite coolly and contentedly; With no sense of weariness, with no desire to get up, or get better, or take the air; With no curiosity, or care, or regret, of any sort or degree, Saving that I can think I can remember, in this universal indifference, Having a kind of lazy joy - of fiendish delight, if anything so lethargic can be Dignified with the title - in the fact of my wife being too ill to talk to me. -Charles Dickens on seasickness
OK the seas have been pounding the Ship since yesterday afternoon. 20-30 footers! I have been very drowsy and a little bit uneasy but nothing major. Well its the first time on a Ship for me!
About the seas I am on right now as we sail towards the Antarctic:
The ocean area from 40° south latitude to near the Antarctic Circle has the strongest sustained westerly winds found anywhere on earth. The highest frequency of gales is reported between Longitude 20° and 60°E, north of the Ross and Weddell Seas and the approaches to the Drake Passage. Interaction between the frigid air coming off Antarctica and the relatively warm and moist air from the lower latitude ocean areas creates the cyclonic "Roaring Forties", "Furious Fifties" and "Screaming Sixties" storms. They make the region from 40° to 60°S one of the stormiest areas in the world. The main course of these cyclones is from west to east around the periphery of Antarctica.
Westerly winds and the associated Antarctic circumpolar current cause massive amounts of water to move constantly from west to east all around Sub-Antarctica. It has been estimated that on average some 145 million cubic meters of water per second (38 billion gallons per second) are constantly on the move in this way. This flow rate is 150 times all the rivers in the world combined.
Now say Wow to these pictures! It has been this way since yesterday afternoon after all these are the craziest seas in the world! Picture taken from the Bridge which is at least 40 feet high!
Tomorrow is going to be an exciting day…..since we are going to set foot in Antarctica. Woohoo!
Wow! Yes, the photos are amazing but I can imagine how you are feeling! Get some saltine crackers and a coke on you before it really hits you! Everything is well here. I got the leaves cleaned off for you as your house was drawning, but it looks great now. We miss you!
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